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Issue: Vol. 1370 No. 1: 4 Dec. 2006
Type: Articles
Published: 2006-12-04
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1370.1.5
Page range: 59–68
Abstract views: 64
PDF downloaded: 1

The first record of the crustacean isopod genus Pseudarachna Sars, 1897 (Isopoda: Asellota: Munnopsidae) from the Southern Hemisphere, with description of a new species from New Zealand

Marine Biodiversity and Biosecurity, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, Private Bag 14901, Kilbirnie, Wellington, New Zealand and School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch, New Zealand. Present address, Marine Invertebrates (Collections), Australian Museum, 6 College Street, Sydney, N.S.W., 2010, Australia
Crustacea Isopoda Munnopsidae Pseudarachna Pacific taxonomy Tasman Sea

Abstract

Pseudarachna nohinohi n. sp. from the Challenger Plateau, New Zealand is described. A further two undescribed species are recorded from Australian waters in the Tasman Sea, showing that this formerly monotypic North Atlantic genus is more widely distributed than previously thought. A revised diagnosis of the genus is presented.

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